Huntingdon
Huntingdon is a market town in the Huntingdonshire district of Cambridgeshire, England. The town was given its town charter by King John in 1205. It was the county town of the historic county of Huntingdonshire. Oliver Cromwell was born there in 1599 and became one of its Members of Parliament (MP) in 1628. The former Conservative Prime Minister (1990–1997) John Major served as its MP from 1979 until his retirement in 2001.
| Huntingdon | |
|---|---|
| Market town | |
Huntingdon Town Hall and The Thinking Soldier War Memorial | |
Huntingdon Location within Cambridgeshire | |
| Population | 25,428 (2021 Census) |
| OS grid reference | TL245725 |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Areas of the town | List
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| Post town | HUNTINGDON |
| Postcode district | PE26, PE28, PE29 |
| Dialling code | 01480 |
| Police | Cambridgeshire |
| Fire | Cambridgeshire |
| Ambulance | East of England |
| UK Parliament | |
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